SNL Brings All the GOP Candidates Back for a Sing-Along
- Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:14am by
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With the race for the Republican presidential nomination looking wrapped up, Saturday Night Live brought all the candidates back for a farewell sing-along and some reminiscing about the past few months.
Starting with Jason Sudeikis as Mitt Romney and Andy Samberg as the just-departed Rick Santorum, the two complimented one another on their respective campaigns and celebrated their achievements — Santorum ordering a chocolate milk and Romney ordering a napkin.
Singing a rendition of Green Day’s “Time of Your Life,” Romney handed the waitress her tip in a sealed envelope for her husband (”he’ll know best what to do with it”) while Santorum shouted after her, “Don’t spend it on birth control!”
It was then on to Bill Hader as Rick Perry — who lamented “taking a deuce every time I opened my darn mouth” — Kristen Wiig as Michele Bachmann, Keenan Thompson as Herman Cain and even a quick appearance by Bobby Moynihan as Newt Gingrich, who stopped into steal some bar nuts. (Ron Paul was not featured in the clip, presumably because cast member Paul Brittain left the show in January.)
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Comments (99)
Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:43pmThey obviously left Paul out because of how difficult it is to make fun of him. Perry, Bachmann, and Cain were easy targets; Cain never appeared in any primary and Perry and Bachmann both dropped out after Iowa because it was obvious their runs were dead in the water. Huntsman dropped out after New Hampshire.
Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul were THE primary candidates. So it’s just funny that Paul left out. Leaving out Huntsman is understandable because I don’t think he was ever above 1%.
Report Post »Christian Dystopian
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:37pmYou’re right about it being tough to satirize Ron Paul. To get a send up on SNL you must say or do something stupid & not be Liberal. That & they have no one intelligent enough to do a believable Ron Paul impression.
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 6:11pmRon Paul “In it to Win It” moneybomb going on NOW!!
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/
He met with “evangelical” former supporters of Santorum last Wednesday. Reports were that they were impressed.
Report Post »See you in Tampa.
texasbeta
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:54pmOr maybe they left out Paul because the Republican base consistently left out Paul at every turn throughout the primary.
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 8:51amThey’re not leaving Paul out of Colorado, Nevada, and Main delegate selection though!
Report Post »usernametaken
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:43pmSNL is still on the air ? SNL = (STUPID N LIBERAL)
Report Post »Jobeycool
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:20pmSNLs talents is going down the tubes.These people are not good enough for this skit.The skit is not that good eirther.Why do this if it obvious very poor comedy and terrible impersonations.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:01pmWho do these comedians think they are! SNL has been on the air for decades and the network just keeps on selling millions of dollars in advertising based on the so-called “humor” of these copycat imitators who are just reading lines written by others and just dressing and speaking like respectable politicians.
Report Post »These fools have never done an original thing in their lives, yet they are all wealthy and famous! IMHO, that is the real joke about 30 Rockefeller Center.
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Kimber_45
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:33pmNever liked SNL and can’t see why they are even mentioned for their BS.
Report Post »voxpopuli2012
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:12pmCouldn’t agree more. The Blaze cheapens itself with its obsession with SNL. If it’s not careful, the Blaze could become as irrelevant as SNL.
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:30pm…hey!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:04pmI think they keep showing these SNL crapping leftist attacks to drill home the hypocracy of the major networks.
Report Post »As if we all were highly aware of after the 2008 elections.
lessoneleg
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:31pmWere is the separation between the Democrat script writers and the political forum called electioneering. I fail to see any difference between an “attack ad” and the SNL infomercial in support of the local Democrat candidate. Should NBC and other satire Bill Maher type programs be equally charged as extensions of political advertising? There seems to be little difference in the focus of how far Democrats will go to sell their product to the voters.
Report Post »Its obvious the White House, or the Democratic National Party can’t make certain types of statements . But they sure as hell can use their surrogates at NBC or Bill Maher to make verbal comments that all good liberal Democrats would love to do, Live its Saturday Night.
GoodStuff
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:28pmIf you make fun of one side of the political aisle 99% of the time, and the other side only 1% of the time, you’re NOT comedians, you’re partisan hacks.
Oh, and these leftists are so brave: they are speaking Truth to the out of power. So brave!
I know, I know, Obama is too “cool” to make fun of. That’s just their way of saying, we’re afraid of making fun of him because the thought police will call us racists.
Report Post »texasbeta
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:56pmOR, the Republican field was a joke…hence every comedian in the country over the last 6 months has done joke after joke based upon their lunacy.
Report Post »Take a look around…the joke is you.
GoodStuff
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:25pmSaturday Night Live is still on TV? Who knew?
Cancel your cable.
(yes, I know NBC is free over-the-air. But, still, cancel your cable, go streaming)
Report Post »Smoke Ranch
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:21pmIt was cute.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:49pmI thought was cute also. Where was Ron Paul??
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 8:52amRon Paul was busy out winning delegates.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:15pmWhy do Liberals have this mistaken idea they are funny. I had to stop watching, I started to fall asleep just as “Rick Perry” showed up.
SNL – Seriously Not Laughable
Report Post »MirabellaDesign
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:09pmThey left out Ron Paul because they know who will be the next POTUS… good on You SNL…
Report Post »Naps
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:25pmThey said it was because Paul Brittain left the show. But I think its because it must be extremely diifficult to make fun of a man who oozes Honor,Respect,and Integrity.
Report Post »Ron Paul 2012
Ironbalut
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:51amAs usual, Ron Paul was excluded. Now that’s funny!
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:50amIf you’re upset by this, you’re giving far too much credit to their viewing audience. I’d be willing to bet that only a handful of people actually understood what they were mocking, since most SNL viewers have more interest in drugs, alcohol, sex and parties than politics.
The premise of SNL and sitcoms is to take a non-story and make it into something humorous. It‘s much easier to poke fun at ’good people’ than evil, therefore Republicans and Conservatives will always be an easy target for them. I don’t take it personally, and neither should you.
Report Post »GK4
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:41amWhat would they have, other than a lynch mob?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:37amSlap ! –stick
>needle in the eye.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:19amI couldn’t even watch it all of the way through. I would love to see the say they actually make fun of the white black prez islama.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:23amOoops, “day” for those obsessed with semantics.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:46amThe ending –of course– : Mitt Romney (drum roll please) “IS WHITE” (surprise !!!!)
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>The race by division continues.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:09pmI remember SNL being funny about 35 years ago. When I see a clip like this one, I remember why I quit watching it. It’s no longer funny, just another political piece of junk.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:11amI remember when SNL was NOT as blatantly “leftist”!!! They had class even with the hilarity of John Belushi……now it’s a bunch of “party members” doing what the producers tell them too!!!
Report Post »NutterButter79
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:23amI think this one is funnier. Better than SNL and it uses clips of actually Romney speeches and interviews. There is an Obozo warning at the beginning.
Report Post »http://youtu.be/bxch-yi14BE
Paleo Archer
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:04pmTrue that…back in the day, SNL was funny, now just a bunch of misinformation, propaganda….time to let this sitcom run it’s course…..Oh Heck, who watches TV anyway…
Report Post »texasbeta
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:58pmNot leftist? Like when they made jokes about Ford, Reagan, G Bush, and GW Bush? At what point were they not leftists? Just because the actors are now old doesn‘t mean they weren’t liberals, and still are. The only SNL player who was a conservative is the partial ****** Victoria Jackson, and she readily admits, she became the conservative conspiracy champ because it made her money.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:38amThey try their best to be funny – but, pointless !
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:43amAll humor is lost when it is politically motivated.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:44amNo the “point” is the belittle and degrade any Republican . .so as to prop up the Obama. Funny is the last thing on their minds .. or they would be belittling Obama .. he gives them such GREAT material.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:46amThen, when the ” power to rule, ” rules all , there exists no humor at all.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:03amTry making fun of absolute power and see how long you laugh.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:34amSNL isn’t even funny anymore. It’s just tacky slapstick sarcasm.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:19pmIt‘s always been slapstick sarcasm and is just as political as when it came out in the 70’s. I was never a fan of the show, but I’d hear people talking about it and try to watch some of the more popular skits which usually opened the show.
Remember watching Chevy Chase stumble around making Gerald Ford look like a complete idiotic klutz? Or when Eddie Murphy did his Jesse Jackson skits during his presidential run? Remember all the fun they made of Bill Clinton eating burgers and fries? Or Dana Carvey doing Bush’s thousand points of light?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:29amAnd of course they will do a sing along with Obama and Biden …..
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:40amIf they did that I might watch the clip.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:46amWell that would be “special” now wouldn’t it … Dana Carvey chuch lady. “Isn’t that SPECIAL”
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:24pmSNL skit: Church Lady is having an “isn’t that special” dialogue with Jeremiah Wright.
The topic gravitates to family…. and roosting chickens’ home-comin recipies.
She asks Wright: Are you Fred Sanford’s nephew?
You look & talk like him.
Why, he used to yell to your aunt Elizabeth, “I’m comin”
In walks Barack Obama.
Seeing Jeremiah Wright, he tries to sneek back out withuot being noticed..
Church Lady jumps up,
runs off stage
and comes back –dragging Barack by the arm.
Jeremiah says: Hello Mr. President… I’m still here; as me.
Church Lady expresses specialness;
and how excited she is to witness the family reunion of Reverend Wright and his nephew.
Barack acts as though he did not hear Church Lady.
Church Lady repeats her excitement…. and still, Barack seems to have not heard her.
Church Lady re-repeats in a louder voice.
Barack, smiles and co(ks his head a bit.
Then, in a low vioce, he calmly asks: Why are you yelling Church Lady?
Church Lady replies: You said you never heard a word your uncle said in twenty years, so I thought yuo must be hard of hearing.
Barack again smiles and says: Church Lady, Ya, y, ya, You kinda remind me of my grandmother.
Church Lady asks: Oh, was she special too?
>Barack replies: No — “My grandmother was a typical white woman”.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:28amIf people came to understand that all people have Satan already inside them to more or less amounts, then they may understand why boycotts can be beneficial.
Report Post »Watson
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:28amTheir humor wore out a long time ago….its not funny anymore…RIP SNL
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:12amRight and I’m sick of FNC and the Blaze replaying this unfunny and politically pointed propaganda from them.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:27amIn todays climate that we live in allow me to say…….WHO EFFIN CARES!
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:26amOh ugh…me caveman, “I don’t believe in boycotts.” Well it’s a good thing, otherwise they might not have money and influence to wreck America.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:21amSeriously, who watches this ignorant show? Do they generate ratings outside of NYC…..or even inside NYC? Their biggest source of advertising seems to be The Blaze. The rare times I watch the clips (which I confess I did not in this case) they never even generate a chuckle much less a smile.
Sorry for the rant……just disappointed to see two headlines for SNL in one morning.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:31amBet they are drooling to get Romney on the show . ( This just shows you that NOTHING has changed for our Liberal Loonies . Still as ignorant as 2008. Sad but guess ” you can’t fix stupid ! ” )
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:44amRomney will truly show ignorance if he does the show. I expect more out of him. He should know the liberal media hate-fest that is about to ensue for the next 6 months which will include the left leaning SNL. If Mitt thinks he will change one voter by going on SNL, then I question his judgment entirely.
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